


Your baby's growing steadily, gaining about a quarter of a pound since last
week, when she was just over a pound. Since she's almost a foot long, that makes
a pretty lean figure, but her body is filling out proportionally and she'll soon
put on more baby fat. Your baby's skin is thin, translucent, and wrinkled, her
brain is growing rapidly, and her taste buds are developing. Her lungs are
developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" and cells that produce
surfactant, a substance that helps the air sacs inflate easily.
The top of your uterus is now an inch or so above your belly button, which
means it's about the size of a soccer ball. With the skin on your abdomen and
breasts stretching, you may feel a little itchy
now and then. If your skin is dry, keeping it well moisturized may help. Also,
your eyes may be sensitive to light and feel gritty and dry. This is a perfectly
normal pregnancy symptom known as dry-eye. To ease your discomfort, use an
artificial tears solution to add moisture.
J exhausted from the move...
DAY 2
Today we started painting J's old room. First, we have to primer the parts that were red. We may have to primer the yellow too, but I am going to try my best to skip this step. I had just started painting when E woke up from her nap about an hour sooner than normal. This is as far as I got. Good thing there are only a few red accents!!!
Irish twins is a slang term that refers to siblings born less than 12 months apart - usually in the same calendar year. It references a perception about families of Irish Catholics who may not use birth control (and thus may have children in quicker succession), but it is often used endearingly by the families of the "twins" themselves. (courtesy of wikipedia)
I had a regular OB appointment yesterday and as I walked in to the office, Dr G saw me out of the corner of his eye and asked "How are the twins?". It's become his routine question at our visits. It started back at the beginning when I was laying on the table during my first sonogram. When he said "we have a heartbeat!", I think mine stopped, then I made some comment about having Irish twins. Apparently he had never heard this term before and found it rather humorous. So, now it is the joke around the office whenever I have a visit.
Everything is going well. The anatomy scan report from the perinatologist was "perfect", so that was good news. Heartbeat was slower than normal, but still a strong 142. (Maybe she was asleep?) I have gained a total of 7 pounds which is great...until I remember that I was still up about 7 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight when I got pregnant. The good news is that when I told him I was working out again (since the placenta is nice and high) he said "great!". I have my glucose tolerance screen next time (4 weeks from now). Yuck. Hopefully this time I will pass. In the mean time, I have the "twins" to keep my mind off of it!